Dzen Quotes & Sayings

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of
attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones. — Sogyal Rinpoche

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat. — F.H. Bradley

Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism — Khaled Hosseini

One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself. — Bobbie Ann Mason

If you are doing something primarily for money and without a real emotional commitment, it will translate into something that lacks a soul and that has no connection to you. You may not see this, but you can be sure that the public will feel it and that they will receive your work in the same lackluster spirit it was created in. — Robert Greene

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. — Aristotle.